Samsung today announced its new “TouchWiz Connected Mobile Applications”, a unique platform for “rich connected mobile application” widgets that will be designed to run on Samsung’s lineup of TouchWiz touchscreen phones. With this application, both developers and end users will be able create new widgets for the platform. Tools for professional developers will be made available through the Eclipse IDE.
Samsung will also offer developers the opportunity to sell these third-party applications via a new Samsung Rich Connected Application storefront. Yahoo, Google and AccuWeather.com have already jumped in to launch widgets for the platform. Apart from this, Samsung plans to start a web-based tool that will allow end users to create their own widgets based on user-specific RSS feeds, and possibly even other custom content.
Source: PhoneScoop
Opera Software and Yahoo! have recently announced that they have partnered to bring the Opera Mini mobile Web browser, plus full Internet, to a lot more mobile phone users around the world. Yahoo! will be distributing Opera Mini through its Yahoo! Mobile service and also as a standalone download form Yahoo!’s mobile Web sites. The Opera Mini will be available free of cost on Yahoo!.
Yahoo! and Opera aim to fully release the potential of mobile Web by giving the user complete access to full Internet on a wide range of mobile devices. Yahoo!’s free distribution of the Opera Mini will provide users with a rich mobile Internet browsing experience.
Yahoo! Mobile And Opera Mini Enter Into Partnership
Truphone has made available complete two-way instant messaging utilizing MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk for the iPod Touch. It has also voiced that its availability on the iPhone will begin within the week of January 12th.
“We understand that customers increasingly want more integrated communications and like to switch between chat and voice,” stated by Truphone CEO Geraldine Wilson.
With this application you can make and receive calls using Google Talk; however, calling features will be added to MSN and Yahoo! Messenger apps within the following weeks. Another feature available through Truphone is the integration of Twitter allowing users to see what their friends are talking about as well as giving them the option to post from within the Truphone app.
Truphone has also announced their affiliation with Skype calling and IM for integration with the iPod Touch and iPhone. Truphone users can now import all of their contacts from their iPhone and iPod accounts in order to chat with them all from the simple and easy to use Truphone interface.
IM’s are free at all times as long as you’re in a Wi-Fi bearing surrounding. iPhone users are allowed to IM when out of Wi-Fi range, however, normal and additional data chargers will apply towards the customers unlimited data package.
Truphone Has Added IM and Twitter to its iPhone and iPod Touch Apps
Yahoo! has recently made their Go application version 3.0.47 compatible with the all new sleek BlackBerry Bold. This bold new leap (pun intended) to make this application compatible with the Bold is one of faith as more and more users have started to explore Yahoo! Go possibilities. Yahoo! Go claims to give its users “The Best Internet Experience for you Phone”, now that sounds like a catchy marketing phrase, but can it live up to the same standards it holds itself up to is the question.
This nifty application allows you to send emails, upload photos, go though maps, check current stock prices, find breaking news and more, all this is said to be done from this one handy app.
You can scoop up Yahoo! Go by clicking the following LINK. If you have the BlackBerry bold all you have to do is insert it from your Bold’s Internet browser! That should be it!
Yahoo! Go Now Available for the BlackBerry Bold
